Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you're a fan of coffee You'll want to visit a coffee bean shop. These stores offer a wide selection of whole beans from all across the globe. They also have unique kitchenware and trinkets.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell these in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee vendor specializing in international brews and a variety of loose teas

The aroma of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. The shelves are lined with jars and sacks of dark brown beans, along with tea-making equipment, coffee accessories and sugar.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. Greenwich Village at the time was experiencing an influx of Italian immigrants, who established businesses to meet their dietary needs. Albanese named her shop after the coffee bean shop popular Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) - - a drink that was that was so well-known at the time that even the Pope was a fan.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and offers wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, the current president and owner of the company was raised above the bakery of his family located on Bleecker Street where his father operated Porto Rico. He continues to run the shop in the same way like his father and grandfather.

Sey Coffee

It is located along Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a roaster and strong coffee beans shop. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 began roasting in a fourth-floor loft around the corner from their new shop in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's preference for micro-lots or even whole harvests from single farmers has earned it the acclaim of discerning New York City coffee aficionados. In the past, Sey bought a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito-Santo region. The beans were picked at peak ripeness, floated to remove defects and dried fermented for 36 hours before being dried on the farm. The result is a cup with hints of berry lemongrass, and melon.

Sey's commitment to holistically improving the wellbeing of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the store. It makes use of biodegradable plastics and composts, keeping waste out of landfills and turning it into agents that lower harmful greenhouse gases and nourish soil. It also eliminates gratuity, which puts baristas in a position to provide their livelihoods as well as encourage them to concentrate on their craft.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee brand, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It began with a tiny store and a committed staff. Their honest and innovative approach to providing a unique coffee experience has earned them a following that was not only in their own town but also around the world.

La Carba follows a strict method to select their best beans. They scour through hundreds of lots each year to find the ones that best meet their standards. They roast them in a very light style and dial the roast to create their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees more vibrant taste and clarity.

The East Village store, which opened in the month of October last year and has been praised by critics for its top-quality pour-overs, as well as the baked goods that are overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee establishments.

The shop employs a La Marzocco modbar and the plates and cups are designed specifically for Wurtz ceramics in Horsens, a father and son studio. In a recent Q&A with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves around 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given moment.

The Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews according to your preferences, with each cup of luxury coffee beans being roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than one minute. It searches countries far and wide for the highest-grade, directly sourced specialty beans that provide customers with a choice and high-quality.

The roaster on site uses fluid bed technology that is quite different from the drum-type machines commonly found in most UK coffee shops. The beans are blown inside a heated box with high-velocity and circulating air. This keeps the beans in suspension and ensures a consistent roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was smooth and rich with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident in the aroma. As you sipped the coffee, you could detect subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee beans uk is transported to the Eversys brewing machines that are super-automatic and can be it is brewed to your requirements in just a few minutes. Customers can choose from nine single origins as well as various blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 in a barbershop equipped with a single group espresso machine. It has since grown into a burgeoning coffee roastery, with beans that can be found in great cafes as well as restaurants and home brewers across the city. Parlor Coffee is committed to sourcing the highest quality beans that have all been through a long journey before reaching its roasters.

In their own words according to their own words, they "have an unrelenting love of craft and a belief that good coffee should be available to anyone." They do just this with their earthy street space, which includes compost bins, chalkboards handmade up-cycled items, and low-frills deco.

They medium roast coffee beans and create their own blends as well as single-origins (there were six when I was there) Also, they hold cuppings on Sundays, and are open to the public. Imagine it as a tasting room for breweries. You can smell and taste the beans, ranging from chocolaty to earthy (one was almost tomato-like!). They're a bit away from the main roads however, they're it's worth the trip.